Women's Tennis Blanks Austin Peay

Tuesday, April 10

Murray, Ky.

2:30 p.m.

Murray State

Austin Peay State

4/10/2007 5:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis

Murray State's women's tennis team extended its winning streak to nine matches with a 7-0 shutout of Austin Peay today at the Bennie Purcell Tennis Courts on the MSU campus. The Racers improve to 12-5 and 7-1 in the Ohio Valley Conference. The Lady Govs drop to 3-16 overall and 1-6 against OVC teams.

MSU opened play by sweeping the three doubles matches. Anne Pennington and Casady Pruitt began the sweep with an 8-1 win over Laura Gonzalez and Virginia Penner at No. 2 doubles.

Anna Lask and Rachael Lask clinched the doubles point with an 8-2 victory against Michelle Liew and Mariana Pagan at No. 1 doubles.

With a 7-2 lead, the MSU duo fell behind 30-0 in the 10^th game but knotted it up at 30-30 with the help of an Austin Peay double fault.

The Lady Govs won the next point for a 40-30 lead but Rachael Lask answered with a slam near the middle of the court.

The two teams alternated points five times before Rachael Lask ended the match with a backhand down the middle.

Lynsey Bochenek and Angela McGahee completed the doubles sweep with an 8-2 victory over Beth Kistler and Isabel Rzezniczek at No. 3 doubles. The Murray State team jumped out in front 5-0 but the Lady Govs answered by winning the next two games.

The Racers ended the rally by winning the final three games. With McGahee serving in the ninth game MSU lost just one point. The freshman extended the lead to 7-2 with an ace to close out the game.

Austin Peay had a pair of aces in the 10^th game, but it was two double faults that proved costly. The first gave MSU a 15-0 lead. The second double fault gave the match to the Racers.

When singles play began, the Racers took care of business quickly at the bottom of the line-up. Pennington beat Kistler 6-0 and 6-0 at No. 6 singles and then Adriana Alvarez shutout Gonzalez 6-0 and 6-0 at No. 5 singles, leaving MSU just one win away from clinching the match.

Pruitt took care of clinching the match for the Racers when she finished off Rzezniczek, 6-2 and 6-1, at No. 2 singles.

McGahee, Lyndsay Ottosen and Rachael Lask finished off the sweep for Murray State with wins at No. 3, No. 4, and No. 1 singles, respectively.

The Racers will play their final home match of the 2007 season on Thursday when they play host to Tennessee Tech. The match will begin at 1 p.m., at the Bennie Purcell Tennis Courts on the MSU campus.

Tennis Match Results

Austin Peay State University vs Murray State University